Buzz - Resource Management
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 70
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 70.
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Mining the Archive: The Development of Electronic Journals
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to trace the development of e-journals as a particular aspect of electronic service delivery and highlights material he considers as significant.
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Walk-in Access to e-Resources at the University of Bath
Kate Robinson, Lizz Jennings and Laurence Lockton outline a low-cost solution to walk-in (visitor) access to licensed e-journals, drawing on their practice at the University of Bath with a wiki ERM and OPAC terminals.
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Turning Off Tap Into Bath
Ann Chapman describes the lifecycle of a demonstrator database and the development of a preservation policy for its content and software. -
Book Review: Acquisitions in the New Information Universe
Eilidh Mackay reviews a work which takes a concept-based approach to contemporary acquisitions practices. -
Book Review: Introductory Concepts in Information Science
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at an introduction to Information Science but fails to be impressed. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The Networked Library Service Layer: Sharing Data for More Effective Management and Cooperation
Janifer Gatenby identifies criteria for determining which data in various library systems could be more beneficially shared and managed at a network level. -
ALPSP Conference
Kara Jones reports on the ALPSP 'Publishing and the Library of the Future' one-day seminar held at St Anthony's College, Oxford, in July 2007. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Book Review: Digital Libraries - Integrating Content and Systems
Chris Awre finds a useful toolset to guide librarians and LIS students on the future use of IT to deliver their services. -
ONIX for Licensing Terms: Standards for the Electronic Communication of Usage Terms
Francis Cave, Brian Green and David Martin describe the purpose, development and potential of standards for the electronic communication of licensing terms between publishers, libraries and other licensees. -
The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts
Lorcan Dempsey explores how the library catalogue will develop alongside evolving network discovery systems. -
The Tasks of the AHDS: Ten Years on
Alastair Dunning reviews 10 years in the history of the Arts and Humanities Data Service. -
The Second Digital Repositories Programme Meeting
Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. -
Book Review: E-metrics for Library and Information Professionals
Elizabeth McHugh learns about the importance of locally produced e-metrics and how they could be produced using available technologies. -
The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After
Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Book Review: Building an Electronic Resource Collection
Sarah Pearson considers whether the 2nd edition of this practical guide for building an electronic resource collection can satisfy the needs of both new and experienced practitioners. -
United Kingdom Serials Group Conference 2005
Sarah Pearson reports on the annual 3-day UK Serials Group (UKSG) conference recently held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. -
Freedom of Information in University College Dublin 2001-2004
Rena Lohan outlines how access rights conferred by FOI legislation have affected administrative operations in University College Dublin. -
Rights Management and Digital Library Requirements
Karen Coyle describes some aspects of rights expression languages favoured by the commercial content industries and how these may differ from the rights needs of digital libraries. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Trends in Self-Posting of Research Material Online by Academic Staff
Theo Andrew sheds some light on current trends in posting research material online with a case study from The University of Edinburgh. -
Review: The Digital Factor in Information and Library Services
Book review by Bruce Royan. -
OCLC-SCURL: Collaboration, Integration and Recombinant Potential
Pete Johnston reports on the New Directions in Metadata conference, 15-16 August, in Edinburgh -
Managing Technostress in UK Libraries: A Realistic Guide
Stephen Harper analyses in detail a familiar disease. -
Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach
Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission. -
Knowledge Management
Sheila Corrall asks if 'knowledge management' is a new phrase in place of 'information management', or a new concept altogether. -
Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor
Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder? -
Building on Shifting Sands: Information Age Organisations
Clive Field draws on his experience at the University of Birmingham to explore the issue of creating a flexible organisation. -
r·cade: Resource Centre for Access to Data on Europe
Sharon Bolton describes r-cade, an interdisciplinary resource centre that helps researchers and analysts to identify and acquire data for the European Social Sciences. -
Serving the Arts and Humanities
Dan Greenstein gives an extensive description of AHDS, the Arts and Humanities Data Service: its objectives, organisation, and how the data will be collected, preserved and described..